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Now Hiring: Land Steward
RCLC's projects continue to expand. RCLC is looking to hire a Land Steward. The Land Steward’s top-line priority is to protect, improve, and manage RCLC properties. This includes restoring native plant and wildlife habitats, and ensuring safe and enjoyable visitor...
Coastal Conservancy awards Mill Bend $1.66 million for restoration, public access designs
Among the projects are an estuary restoration plan being funded by a $404,000 California Department of Fish and Wildlife grant.
Corps comes to town: Ukiah-based crew reducing fire fuels at Mill Bend
A group of 12 young adults and their supervisor recently made a trip from the Corps’ Ukiah center to Gualala for a week of spike-living at the Mill Bend Preserve, where the hard work and low pay were in abundance.
ICO Telescope Article December, 15 2023
Cool, damp weather did not keep over 40 attendees from enjoying Redwood Coast Land Conservancy's Wreath Making event held at Mill Bend Preserve on Saturday, Dec. 2.
RCLC’s 2023 Community Report
Learn about RCLC’s recent successes, our plans for the future, and how you can help preserve the beautiful Mendonoma Coast. RCLC is experiencing a growth spurt, despite its 30-year-old age. With Mill Bend Preserve secured in 2021, and the State Coastal...
Gualala Cemetery unveiled
Once buried under heavy brush and fallen tree limbs, Gualala cemetery Mill Bend is being restored by volunteers from Redwood Coast Land Conservancy who are, in the process, unveiling the history of early settlers in Gualala.
Local volunteers begin repairs to storm-damaged Cooks Beach
The January storms that left many without power for days scoured all the sand from Cooks Beach, leaving only rocks. That was the startling news from Redwood Coast Land Conservancy (RCLC)...
Plan for Mill Bend Preserve unveiled
November 1, 2022
At its Raising the Curtain event on September 17, the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy (RCLC) unveiled its comprehensive Mill Bend Preserve Conservation Plan designed to protect and restore the Mill Bend Preserve located just south of Gualala along the Gualala River.
Redwood Coast Land Conservancy hires new executive director
September 8, 2022
Following an extensive executive director search, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy announced that Jim Elias would step into the role on September 6. Mr. Elias has devoted his professional life to leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to natural resource conservation and community development objectives.
Redwood Coast Land Conservancy to unveil plan for Mill Bend Preserve
September 8, 2022
The Redwood Coast Land Conservancy is excited to announce the unveiling of the Conservation Plan for Mill Bend Preserve, prepared by the environmental science and design consultant Prunuske Chatham, Inc, with funding provided by the Calif. State Coastal Conservancy.
Gualala River Stream Team Stewardship Project
The Coastal Commission recently awarded a Whale Tail Grant to the CA Urban Streams Alliance – The Stream Team. The grant is to initiate a stewardship engagement and watershed monitoring effort for the impaired, lower reach of the Gualala River and estuary, a habitat for endangered species such as young Coho salmon and steelhead.
Mill Bend Springtime, Partnering for Gualala River
Redwood Coast Land Conservancy had an open house on Sunday April 24 as part of Earth Day Weekend...We led guided walking tours...
Vehicle apparently damages Cooks Beach approach with repeated passes up and down stairs, over berm; 2nd incident this year
The recent storm is not the only thing causing damage to local beaches. According to Joel Chaban, secretary of Redwood Coast Land Conservancy, it appears a pickup truck drove up and down the bluff top steps used as an entrance to Cooks Beach in the last few days, causing damage to the steps.
Mill Bend Access road now closed to vehicles sunset to sunrise
To improve security at the Mill Bend boat launch site, the gate to the access site will now be closed to vehicle traffic sunset to sunrise, according to Redwood Coast Land Conservancy which owns the property.
Gualala Estuary: Is It Algae or Acquatic Vegetation?
Drought Changes in the Gualala River Estuary’s Summer Lagoon:
Native Aquatic Vegetation versus Algal Blooms. Read this virtual field trip with questions and answers by Peter Baye, Ph.D, Coastal Ecologist and Botanist of Friends of Gualala River.
Mountain lion seen at Mill Bend
A mountain lion was sighted on Mill Bend the week of July 25, 2021. Hikers and visitors are advised to be alert when visiting areas where a big cat has been spotted. Do not run if you see one. Keep young children and pets close. These large predators are a normal...
Mendocino Land Trust shares staff resources with RCLC
Press Release: July 19, 2021
There is good news for the future of conservation along the Mendocino Coast. Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Mendocino County, the Mendocino Land Trust and the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy will be teaming up to maximize use of their staffing to achieve conservation goals.
Hands-on volunteers drive land conservancy projects
President Tina Batt said many of the volunteers show up day after day and week after week to clear trails, remove invasive pampas grass, and maintain all the group’s coastal access projects, including the Gualala Bluff Trail, Cook’s Beach access trail, and Hearn Gulch.
New 113-acre preserve on Sonoma-Mendocino line aims to bolster Gualala River recovery
Standing above the Gualala River, his gaze toward the opposite bank and a sharp hairpin turn in the river known as Mill Bend, Dave Shpak recounted more than a century of environmental abuses there as somberly if they were still taking place. In a way, they are.
RCLC finalizes purchase of Mill Bend
The Redwood Coast Land Conservancy (RCLC) announced the close of escrow on the Mill Bend properties on Friday, January 29, completing the purchase of the 113-acre site at the mouth of the Gualala River.
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